Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - squib
Squib
squib
n. & v. --n. 1 a small firework burning with a hissing sound and usu. with a final explosion. 2 a short satirical composition, a lampoon. --v. (squibbed, squibbing) 1 tr. US Football kick (the ball) a comparatively short distance on a kick-off; execute (a kick) in this way. 2 archaic a intr. write lampoons. b tr. lampoon. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.: perh. imit.
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I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1525 1. a short humorous or satiric writing or speech, a short news item, 2. a small firecracker, a broken firecracker in which the powder burns with a fizz, a small electric or pyrotechnic device used to ignite a charge, II. verb (~bed; ~bing) Date: circa 1580 intransitive verb to speak, write, or publish ~s, to fire a ~, transitive verb 1. to utter in an offhand manner, to make ~s against ; lampoon, to shoot off ; fire, to kick (a football) on a kickoff so that it bounces along the ground ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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